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Mr Vikas Shankar

Mr Vikas Shankar

Ophthalmology 06138596

  • Fee assured
  • Not in Open Referral network
  • Cataract Full Pathway provider

    I offer Bupa customers standard cataract surgery on the Full Pathway package option at The Highfield Hospital .

    This package includes your appointments before and after surgery, as well as your surgery and mono-focal lenses. It means you won’t use up your out-patient benefit or receive any additional bills from your surgeon (or anaesthetist, if you need one) for eligible treatment.

    Please call the Bupa Eye Care team to find out more about and to pre-authorise your treatment on 0345 600 7267.

Overview
Fee assured
Not in Open Referral network
Cataract Full Pathway provider

I offer Bupa customers standard cataract surgery on the Full Pathway package option at The Highfield Hospital .

This package includes your appointments before and after surgery, as well as your surgery and mono-focal lenses. It means you won’t use up your out-patient benefit or receive any additional bills from your surgeon (or anaesthetist, if you need one) for eligible treatment.

Please call the Bupa Eye Care team to find out more about and to pre-authorise your treatment on 0345 600 7267.

Offers

  • Face-to-face consultations
  • Video and telephone consultations

About me

After graduating in medicine from India, I completed my basic surgical training in Ophthalmology from Glasgow and Moorfields Eye Hospital, London followed by higher specialist training from Aberdeen. After gaining CCT I completed a fellowship in Glaucoma surgery from the Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham.

I have completed training in advanced glaucoma surgery including augmented trabeculectomy, aqueous-shunt procedures (Baerveldt) and laser treatment in glaucoma. I have performed more than 500 augmented trabeculectomies, more than 400 aqueous shunt procedures as well as micro incisional glaucoma surgery (Xen implants, Preserflo micro shunts). I specialise in complex anterior segment surgery including cataract surgery.

I have gained recognition from the Royal College of Ophthalmology and trainee glaucoma fellow along with North-West deanery training programme. I hold memberships of the American academy of Ophthalmology, European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, European glaucoma society, UK & Eire Glaucoma society and the Royal college of Ophthalmology. I am an examiner for the Royal College of Ophthalmology.


I am service lead for glaucoma at the East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. I also provide a general Ophthalmology service including cataract surgery.

I have academic interest in open angle glaucoma and has published more than ten research papers. My aim is to provide highest standard of treatment in the most caring manner.

Areas of interest

Glaucoma; Anterior Segment; Cataract surgery; General Ophthalmology

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Procedures completed

  • C1230

    Curettage/cryotherapy of lesion of eyelid - (1-5)

    The Highfield Hospital (1-5)

  • C6160

    Complex glaucoma surgery (including anti-metabolites/insertion of seton devices) (including topical or local anaesthetic) - (1-5)

    The Highfield Hospital (1-5)

  • C6010

    Surgical trabeculectomy or other penetrating glaucoma procedures (including topical or local anaesthetic) - (1-5)

    The Highfield Hospital (1-5)

  • C4810

    Removal of superficial corneal foreign body - (1-5)

  • C2920

    Insertion of canalicular or punctal plugs - (1-5)

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